Says Climate Data Distorted

The temperature graph accompanying the story about "Weather Extremes" [Jan. 21, Page 1] does a grave disservice to the truth. The data used to make that graph has been homogenized, changed and manipulated so many times, it bears no resemblance to when it was first reported or to the raw surface temperature data.

There is a far more comprehensive and complete picture of the temperature of the Earth's lower atmosphere being measured by the government’s own satellites, put into orbit for that purpose. But that raw data, before "adjustments" by climate scientists, which shows no average warming in the last 18 years, is disregarded. I wonder why? A slight uptick in 2015 made it only the third warmest behind 1998.